po
Localized strings for each locale we support, in PO format, as well
as scripts for conversion to and from Abi's native .strings files,
which are the files actually used directly by the program(s). PO
files are maintained as a convenience for translators, many of whom
are already accustomed to working with them (as opposed to .strings).

No idea how to convert to Abi's native .strings files, thus I have extracted them from source for you.

Test it please, it is version 2.8
You can put it into your langpack-template

tools for translating DocBook XML files with gettext
This is a collection of tools that facilitate translating DocBook XML files using gettext message files (PO-files).
Also included are several command-line utilities for manipulating DocBook XML files, PO-files and PO-template files.
This package is part of the KDE Software Development Kit module.

gparted: version 0.11 downloaded from
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/files/gparted/gparted-0.11.0/gparted-0.11.0.tar.bz2/download?use_mirror=heanet&r=http%3A%2F%2Fsourceforge.net%2Fprojects%2Fgparted%2Ffiles%2Fgparted%2Fgparted-0.11.0%2F&use_mirror=heanet

I'm a little late with this reply due to real life commitments.
I've also been chasing a mysterious hardware problem. After the (one year old) ssd drive more or less died, there have been strange and non-logical errors when running from usb

I think that partly explains my problems with momanager, poedit and geany.

Last night I installed Precise Puppy 5.5 to usb and it started to become unstable after 10 minutes.
Rebooting and a total freeze after 5 minutes.

I switched to an older pc and now precise runs ok.
BUT, still unable to get momanager to translate simple little proggies like e.g. GdMap. Momanager moves it happily to the left column, just like e.g. Glipper, but no Dutch appears in GdMap.

Everything seems okay while translating, both from Geany and Poedit. Saving with no error messages at all. A .mo is created, but non-functional...

Oh, I am NOT the dutch Abiword translator! Just like you did Karl, I copied the nl-NL.po from the Abi-site. But knowing next-to-nothing about commands, I pasted it in Poedit.*) I think the way Poedit works is that your name is automatically added as the translator..

Abiword...Sigh.;It used to be so simple to 'translate'. I've done it many times for my own use with the string-files taken out of shinobar's Quickset, just dropping it in /usr/share/abiword/strings+templates. That does no longer work..